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GoldCore's Jan Skoyles sees far bigger threats to wealth than gold confiscation

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:54p ET Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In her commentary for GoldCore today, Jan Skoyles explains why gold confiscation is far less a threat to investors and savers than financial repression, tax increases, and inflation, and why investors and savers can take good precautions against all those threats.

Her commentary is 16 minutes long and can be viewed at the GoldCore channel at YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igYBECmnbMc

Gold gains traction in Islamic investing as rally spurs interest

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Yihui Xie
Bloomberg News
via News24, Cape Town, South Africa
Monday, August 18, 2025

In a small town an hour's drive from Malaysia's capital, a new, high-security vault illustrates the growing popularity of gold products and services designed to cater to Islamic principles.

Run by a subsidiary of Loomis AB, the Swedish cash- and bullion-handling company, together with local security firm E2S Group, the 20-ton facility in Nilai represents a push to tap into the nation's burgeoning Islamic bullion sector.

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Gold, not canola or coal, is China's top import from Canada, at least according to China

Section: Daily Dispatches

China is the world's leading gold-producing country, so why does it need to import gold from Canada? Is it because China sees gold as the world's once and future money? 

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By Steven Chase
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Monday, August 18, 2025

Gold bullion from Canada makes up a far greater portion of Chinese gold imports than is generally understood outside of China, according to data from the Asian country's customs agency that has drawn little notice outside of professional circles here.

The $1-billion gold mine bringing death to desperate villagers in Tanzania

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jack Denton
The Sunday Times, London
Sunday, August 17, 2025

NYAMONGO, Tanzania -- It was the middle of the night and Chacha was bound hand and foot, hanging upside down from a bridge spanning the crocodile-infested Mara River.

He was there because of the gold.

Masked men had abducted Chacha from Nyamongo, a village near the North Mara gold mine, one of Tanzania's largest. He was transferred between police stations and tortured so badly he blacked out.

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Uganda targets higher exports with first big gold mine (owned by China)

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Elias Biryabarema
Reuters
Sunday, August 17, 2025

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda has inaugurated its first large-scale gold mine, a $250 million Chinese-owned project in the country's east that will also refine the bullion to 99.9% purity, according to a statement from the president's office.

The landlocked east African country, which has a variety of minerals including copper, cobalt, and iron ore, wants to expand its mining industry and position itself as a major gold producer and exporter.

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Another gold rush could bring open pit mines to South Dakota's Black Hills

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sarah Raza
Associated Press
Saturday, August 16, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota -- A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota's Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process.

Now a new crop of miners driven by gold prices at more than $3,000 an ounce are seeking to return to the treasured landscape, promising an economic boost while raising fears of how modern gold extraction could forever change the region.

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